Do you love Disney PhotoPass Service? You know, the ability to preserve your family’s vacation memories courtesy of photographers that can be found throughout the parks and other areas. With Disney PhotoPass, Disney will take your pictures with everyone in the family, that you can then view online or via the My Disney Experience app. You can […]

Do you love Disney PhotoPass Service? You know, the ability to preserve your family’s vacation memories courtesy of photographers that can be found throughout the parks and other areas.

With Disney PhotoPass, Disney will take your pictures with everyone in the family, that you can then view online or via the My Disney Experience app. You can even choose to purchase Memory Maker which allows you to download and share your vacation memories.

Ok…so now you’re up to speed on what Disney PhotoPass is, but to celebrate the service, Walt Disney World will be holding a special Disney PhotoPass Day on August 19 where they will be offering unique experiences that are only available on that day.

Here are the special offerings that will be available for Disney PhotoPass Day:

With the recent update of the My Disney Experience app, a new perk has been added for fans of Disney PhotoPass. And trust me, this perk is a long time coming. Guests can now choose to edit their photos in the app. You will now be able to customize purchased PhotoPass photos by being able […]

With the recent update of the My Disney Experience app, a new perk has been added for fans of Disney PhotoPass. And trust me, this perk is a long time coming. Guests can now choose to edit their photos in the app. You will now be able to customize purchased PhotoPass photos by being able to crop images, as well as add stickers and frames and save these images instantly.

So, I decided to play with the app and see how the process works.

First, when you open an image, you’ll need to select “Edit.”

From there, you can choose to edit by cropping the image, adding a filter, adding stickers, or adding a border.

Many different border options are available to choose from, including some that relate to the Disney Princesses, some that relate to the park the photo was taken in, and more.

Then, I decided to play with the filter option. There are multiple choices, much like there would be on say, Instagram. Here is my final product:

I also wanted to play with the stickers option. Again, many different sticker choices are available. The stickers can be moved around and resized to fit the image. If you don’t like the sticker, you can choose to delete it.

My one suggestion would be for Disney to organize the frames and stickers into folders so they are a little easier to scroll through and find. I think once you figure out what every option is though, it will be a lot easier to maneuver.

There’s a minimal number of borders and stickers that are available on the app. More can be found at MyDisneyPhotoPass.com.

By clicking on the check mark on the main edit screen, your are able to save the photo to your camera roll. Also, as a head’s up. Unlike the version that’s online, your photos are not saved in your My Disney Experience account. So, to save it, you must save it to your camera roll.

Photos can only be edited in the app by those who have purchased the image, have an active version of Memory Maker, or have an Annual Pass with the ability to download photos. As of right now, the option to edit your images is only available on the iOS version of My Disney Experience.

Overall though, this is a great fun change that I know I had been wishing would come to PhotoPass via the My Disney Experience app. I am sure that others will be just as happy to be able to edit their photos in this way too!

Do you love to purchase Disney PhotoPass to capture all of your family’s vacation memories? Well, if you do, you’ll now able able to make a stop at the brand new Disney PhotoPass Studio which has just opened in the Marketplace at Disney Springs! This location is the perfect place to get your family’s portrait […]

Do you love to purchase Disney PhotoPass to capture all of your family’s vacation memories? Well, if you do, you’ll now able able to make a stop at the brand new Disney PhotoPass Studio which has just opened in the Marketplace at Disney Springs!

This location is the perfect place to get your family’s portrait done, as Guests can choose from getting their photographs taken against a standard background or you can even choose to have a virtual background added to your photo that places your family inside some of your favorite Disney scenes.

The Disney PhotoPass Studio also features new viewing stations so that you can preview, purchase, and print your vacation memories that have been linked to your My Disney Experience Account.

Photos taken at the Disney PhotoPass Studio will be linked to your My Disney Experience account and are included as a part of Memory Maker.

Guests need not make reservations for the Disney PhotoPass Studio, so show up and make some memories with your family!

If you’ll be in Walt Disney World this Friday, August 19, you’ll be able to take part in an event promoting Disney PhotoPass. Disney PhotoPass Day will promote making memories. (Making memories. Taking pictures is making memories.) Both Walt Disney World and Disneyland will be taking part in this event which will feature exciting offerings […]

If you’ll be in Walt Disney World this Friday, August 19, you’ll be able to take part in an event promoting Disney PhotoPass. Disney PhotoPass Day will promote making memories. (Making memories. Taking pictures is making memories.)

Both Walt Disney World and Disneyland will be taking part in this event which will feature exciting offerings and experiences for Guests to enjoy.

At both the Magic Kingdom and Epcot, you’ll be able to take part in special character meet and greet experiences. Meet Pinocchio, Gideon, and Foulfellow in Storybook Circus in New Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. At Epcot, you’ll find the Queen of Hearts who will join Alice in the United Kingdom Pavilion, Dopey will join Snow White in the Germany Pavilion, and Mushu will meet with Mulan at the China Pavilion.

In addition, at one select location throughout each of the four theme parks and at Disney Springs at Walt Disney World and at both Disneyland and Disney California Adventure at Disneyland Resort, Guests will be able to receive a complimentary photo that will be available to download at no charge as part of the #DisneyPhotoPassDay celebration. Guests will find these photos in their My Disney Experience app at the Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland app at the Disneyland Resort. Participating locations include:

Walt Disney World

Magic Kingdom: The Purple Wall in Tomorrowland and the right side fountain at Cinderella Castle

Epcot: Under Spaceship Earth

Disney’s Hollywood Studios: Echo Lake

Disney’s Animal Kingdom: Festival of the Lion King entrance

Disney Springs: Next to the Pearl Factory on the Marketplace side

Disneyland

Disneyland: By the waterfront at the Rivers of America

Disney California Adventure: Near the Games of the Boardwalk by Mickey’s Fun Wheel

Finally, Guests can participate in a Disney PhotoPass Challenge, which can be completed at any of the parks. All you need to do is get your photo taken by a Disney PhotoPass photographer at each of the designated challenge locations on August 19. Once you’ve stopped by all of the locations, visit a Disney PhotoPass Sales Center to claim your Disney PhotoPass photo. At the Walt Disney World Resort, participants will receive a voucher for one Disney PhotoPass download. Participants at Disneyland Resort will receive one 5×7 print of a Disney PhotoPass photo. Challenge locations are:

It seems as though Disney is doing a lot to promote its Disney PhotoPass service lately. On a recent trip, my husband and I were stopped at the front gates of the Magic Kingdom and were offered a free 5×7 if we got out photo taken and took the free photo certificate to the Disney PhotoPass Sales Center found on Main Street.

If you’ll be in the parks on Friday, this seems like it will be a fun day, especially for those who love photos and Disney PhotoPass.

The past couple of weeks, Disney has rolled out with some very interesting tech opportunities that you may want to take advantage of either in the parks, or even at home, but more on that in a second. The first update is that the Walt Disney World Resort finally has a Twitter account that is […]

The past couple of weeks, Disney has rolled out with some very interesting tech opportunities that you may want to take advantage of either in the parks, or even at home, but more on that in a second.

The first update is that the Walt Disney World Resort finally has a Twitter account that is similar to the current @DisneylandToday Twitter account for Disneyland Resort. The new Twitter account will be known as @WDWToday. (Hmmmm…why does that sound familiar? By the way, no relation to a certain beloved podcast.) This official account will offers Guests suggestions, tips, and answers to their questions during their visit to the Walt Disney World Resort.

Moving on to the My Disney Experience app, a new upgrade has made where Guests will be able to take advantage of aspects of Disney PhotoPass including:

View all their Disney PhotoPass photos, including photos from select attraction and dining locations.

Purchase Memory Maker.

Find Disney PhotoPass Photographer locations.

Link Disney PhotoPass Cards.

Guests who have an active Memory Maker entitlement will be able to use the app to download their photos and share them to their favorite via social media.

I played around with it a little bit this after downloading it and the PhotoPass option shows up immediately on the opening page.

Also, once clicking on the link, it takes you to see (and potentially download) any photos that you have that are currently attached to your My Disney Experience account, like you can see with my photos. As you can see from the tools at the top of the photo, you can find photographers easily in the park, link your photos from a PhotoPass card, or filter what type of photos you want to see, for example, only Magic Kingdom photos.

Disney PhotoPass images linked to your account will appear automatically (though sometimes it can take up to 24 – 48 hours for photos to be moderated and added to your account), as will photos and video from select attractions. In addition, you will need to link your MagicBand, park ticket, or PhotoPass card(s) to your account in order for PhotoPass photos to appear in the app.

I have to say, having easy access to downloading and sharing photos through the My Disney Experience app is a welcome addition.

Speaking of apps, if you are a Disney shopper, then I have one you will have to download. (Though, it may cause you to spend money WAY too easy.) Disney has introduced the Shop Disney Parks app and boy is it dangerous, but so fun too.

The Shop Disney Parks app is completely free and allows Guests to find, buy and ship merchandise products offered at Disney-operated retail stores across Walt Disney World Resort. The app can be found in the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Again, I sat down to play with this one, and seriously, I almost bought a bowl I’d been wanting for months. Disney makes it oh so easy to get that perfect souvenir just with the touch of a button.

Here’s how it works. You can explore and shop authentic Walt Disney World merchandise.

You can also find said item in the park, if you are visiting and you find something you cannot live without.

Finally, you can easily scan an item, purchase it from the app in the park, and then have it shipped to your home. Easy as 1-2-3.

So, I decided to peruse the app myself. And came across the aforementioned bowl I’d been wanting.

Seriously, with the touch of a button, I could either Add to Bag, or choose the extremely tempting, Order Now. As long as my credit card info is in the app, with a simple click, this would have been headed towards my door step faster than I could say supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

Currently, only merchandise from retail stores across Walt Disney World Resort is available on Shop Disney Parks with delivery to home. Planned enhancements include the addition of delivery options to front of park and package pick-up at Disney resorts. Do keep in mind that some products found in the parks may not show up on the app as available or with the option to ship to home.

Attention Memory Maker fans! For guests wishing to pre-purchase the photo package, be aware that it will be increasing in price by $20 tomorrow, December 3, 2014. This will increase the Advance Purchase option from $149 to $169 (plus tax). The non-advanced purchase price will continue to cost $199. For those who are unaware, Memory […]

Attention Memory Maker fans! For guests wishing to pre-purchase the photo package, be aware that it will be increasing in price by $20 tomorrow, December 3, 2014. This will increase the Advance Purchase option from $149 to $169 (plus tax). The non-advanced purchase price will continue to cost $199.

For those who are unaware, Memory Maker is a special photo package, sold by Disney, that allows for everyone to be in the photos. Guests can accomplish this by having their family pictures taken by Disney PhotoPass photographers at various locations throughout the resort that guests can then download when they return home. In addition, as part of the Memory Maker package, guests will be able to download on-ride photos too.

In addition, Memory Maker has seen many changes over the past few months. Recent additions to the package have included on-ride videos of certain attractions (like Tower of Terror and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train) and special enhanced Animated Magic Shots. Both of these options are available for guests who purchased the special package to easily download when they return home. One would suspect that these new additions are part of the reason behind the price increase.

For guests who would like to purchase Memory Maker, but at the cheaper price, you can still purchase the package today for the price of $149, plus tax.

One of the things that I’ve been looking forward to since the introduction of MyMagic+ and MagicBands was the ability to see your on-ride photos (and now videos) automatically added to your My Disney Experience online account for you to be able to view at home. Today, that option officially became a reality. Now guests […]

One of the things that I’ve been looking forward to since the introduction of MyMagic+ and MagicBands was the ability to see your on-ride photos (and now videos) automatically added to your My Disney Experience online account for you to be able to view at home. Today, that option officially became a reality. Now guests who are wearing a MagicBand will have their on-ride photos automatically linked to your account and you don’t have to do a thing!

For those who don’t have a MagicBand, that’s ok; you can still have the option to add the photos to your account. Simply stop at the on-ride photo display at the end of the attraction and find your photo. From there, you’ll need to have your RFID ticket scanned at a touch point and the photos will be added to your account.

Guests will be able to see on-ride photos (and videos) added to their My Disney Experience account from the following attractions:

The Disney Parks Blog mentioned that anyone who had been in the parks over the course of the past 45 days, their photos would already be able to be found in their MDE accounts. So I decided to test it. I logged in and wouldn’t you know it? It was true! Photos from my on-ride experiences from my previous trips were in fact there.

Do keep in mind that all Disney PhotoPass photos and videos do have an expiration date; expiring 45 days after photos were taken. So if you would like to purchase an on-ride photo, make sure to do it before the window expires.

This is a great perk for those who want to be able to purchase these photos when you return home after your vacation, especially if you didn’t pre-purchase the Memory Maker option. Disney’s PhotoPass is clearly on the move thanks to MyMagic+ and I’m curious to see where things are headed.

Hello all! Today, I bring just a few smaller things you may need to know that are currently taking place at Walt Disney World. In addition, I’ve got some details that you may need to know if you have a trip scheduled for later this fall. These are just a few minor notes that could […]

Hello all! Today, I bring just a few smaller things you may need to know that are currently taking place at Walt Disney World. In addition, I’ve got some details that you may need to know if you have a trip scheduled for later this fall. These are just a few minor notes that could be beneficial for you to know as you progress with your planning process. So, here we go:

We all know that Kouzzina will be closing at Disney’s BoardWalk Inn on September 30. The location will be re-open later this year as an all new restaurant. In the interim, Flying Fish Cafe will be offering breakfast beginning on October 1 and lasting until December 7. Breakfast will be served from 7:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. and will include dishes like a waffle with tiramisu mascarpone, frittata with roasted red pepper and prosciutto, and soft polenta with fennel sausage.

Guests who are still cheering on their favorite World Cup teams will now have two more locations to watch the final games from. At Epcot, guests can choose to watch from the Festival Center (the former Wonders of Life Pavilion, which is located between Mission: SPACE and Ellen’s Energy Adventure). The Festival Center will open one hour before game timem and food and beverages will be sold at this location. Guests at Disney’s Animal Kingdom can visit Restaurantosaurus to view the remaining games. There are three games remaining, with the World Cup Final taking place at 3:00 p.m. EDT on Saturday, July 13.

The minimum age to travel alone on Disney’s Magical Express has been lowered. The age for unaccompanied minors is now 12. It had previously been 16.

Today, it was announced that Nikon will become the official camera of both of the North American Disney theme parks – Walt Disney World in Florida and Disneyland in California. This multi year alliance will bring together a global leader in imaging and the world’s leading family vacation destinations, with a commitment to help guests […]

Today, it was announced that Nikon will become the official camera of both of the North American Disney theme parks – Walt Disney World in Florida and Disneyland in California. This multi year alliance will bring together a global leader in imaging and the world’s leading family vacation destinations, with a commitment to help guests capture every moment of their vacation.

As part of the agreement, Nikon will have dedicated picture spots that are set up throughout all four Walt Disney World theme parks and both of the Disneyland Resort parks. Nikon will also be integrated into Disney PhotoPass, where photographers will use Nikon gear to get the perfect family shot. In addition, Disney’s Fine Art Photographers, who photography Disney Fairy Tale Weddings, and Adventures By Disney Guides will use Nikon cameras to capture those precious images.

According to the President of Nikon Inc, Nobuyoshi Gokyu, “The alliance between Nikon and Disney allows us to connect with millions of passionate Disney guests who want to tell their stories through the capture of amazing imagery. Through this agreement, Nikon will play an integral role in helping Disney guests to preserve and share every unforgettable moment.”

Previously the photography giant Kodak held a sponsorship agreement with Disney, but it recently filed for bankruptcy. Its sponsorship of the theme parks ended at the end of 2012.